Faraday Future Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter 2022

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Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIE) reported its third-quarter 2022 results, highlighting significant milestones. The company achieved manufacturing milestone #6 at its ieFactory in Hanford and improved FF 91 performance metrics, notably an EPA rating of 381 miles, surpassing initial estimates of 333 miles. The firm also secured a $600 million financing facility with an initial $52 million committed. Financial results revealed a net loss of $103 million, significantly down from $304 million year-over-year, marking a positive shift in operational expenditures.

Positive

• EPA rating of 381 miles for FF 91, up from 333 miles estimate.
• Reduced net loss of $103 million compared to $304 million in Q3 2021.
• Achieved manufacturing milestone #6 at ieFactory California.

Negative

• Total assets decreased to $541 million from $907 million in December 2021.
• Accumulated deficits increased to approximately $3.3 billion.
• Operating loss of $81 million during Q3 2022.

– Official Rating from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Higher than Expectations –

– FF 91 Performance Specifications Ahead of Targets –

– Milestone 6 Reached at ieFactory California at Hanford –

– S-1/A Effective, Significant Funding Agreements Completed –

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIE) ("FF”, “Faraday Future”, or “the Company"), a California-based global shared intelligent electric mobility ecosystem company, today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2022.

“The third quarter marked a turning point for our company, and we are seeing positive momentum across our vehicle program and in our funding program. I am pleased to announce the achievement of manufacturing milestone #6, the completion of construction and equipment installation in vehicle assembly areas of our ieFactory California at Hanford. We also saw strong progress with FF 91 testing and validation programs, where key performance metrics of our FF 91 including vehicle range (EPA rating), acceleration, and braking are even better than we promised,” said Dr. Carsten Breitfeld, Global CEO of Faraday Future.

Dr. Breitfeld continued, “Our registration statement becoming effective allows us to tap into some of the financing agreements we entered into in recent months. We strengthened our finance leadership, appointed a new auditor, and we filed our third quarter financials on time despite these transitions. We have completed important funding agreements and are optimistic that we can put in place the additional funding we need to launch the FF 91. With that momentum, we are currently developing revised budgets and production plans, and hope to be in a position to announce the timing of delivering the FF 91 to users shortly after funding is secured.”

KEY COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS DURING THIRD QUARTER 2022

Faraday Future noted several key organizational and program developments during the quarter, including:

• Announced a new financing facility which contemplates total potential funding of as much as $600 million in a senior secured convertible notes structure, with an initial $52 million of committed funds. FF later amended the facility agreement to allow it to demand the forced exercise of certain warrants in cash of up to $20 million, subject to certain conditions. Subsequently, an additional $60 million was committed under the facility on October 26, 2022.
• Announced its sponsorship and attendance at the 2022 Pebble Beach Concours d ‘Elegance. FF’s flagship FF 91 Futurist was available for demo rides and made a special appearance on the Concept Lawn on August 21, 2022.
• Announced the FF 91 Futurist, the Ultimate Intelligent TechLuxury EV, was officially certified to have a robust rating of 381 miles of EV range from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a significant increase from the Company’s previous estimate of 333 miles.
• Announced an agreement relating to its governance dispute with FF Top, including changes in the Company’s board membership and size, and other changes. Mr. Adam He and Mr. Chad Chen were appointed to the Board of Directors.

EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO THIRD QUARTER 2022

Subsequent to September 30, 2022, the following events and milestones were noted:

• Appointed Yun Han as Chief Accounting Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), effective October 25, 2022. Ms. Han was most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Romeo Power, Inc., and spent over 13 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”). Ms. Han replaced Becky Roof, who had served as Interim CFO until October 12, 2022.
• Appointed Mazars USA LLP (“Mazars”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm as of and for the year ending December 31, 2022, effective October 28, 2022. Mazars is an independent member firm of Mazars Group, an international audit, tax, and advisory organization operating in over 90 countries.
• Announced a Definitive Agreement for a new standby equity line of credit (“ELOC”) with an affiliate of Yorkville Advisors Global, LP (“Yorkville”), with an initial commitment of $200 million which can be increased up to $350 million at the Company’s option.
• Announced 369 preorders as of November 17, 2022. Preorders are fully refundable, non-binding, paid deposits for the FF 91 Futurist Alliance Edition and/or the FF 91 Futurist vehicles available initially for sale to customers in the U.S. and China. FF 91 Futurist Alliance Edition preorders require a $5,000 deposit for customers in the U.S. and a CNY 50,000 deposit for customers in China. FF 91 Futurist preorders require a $1,500 deposit for customers in the U.S. and a CNY 20,000 deposit for customers in China.
• Announced the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) has certified the FF 91 Futurist as a zero-emissions vehicle (“ZEV”). The ZEV program is part of CARB's Advanced Clean Cars package of coordinated standards that control smog-causing pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions of passenger vehicles in California.

RECENT FF 91 PERFORMANCE STATISTICS

Testing and certification of the FF 91 continues, with EPA range and CARB emission certification results recently received. Other official and non-official performance specifications were recently updated. While subject to further updates, the table below summarizes recent figures as compared to internal FF targets.

Car Performance: Latest Results
CATEGORY	TEST	TARGET	STATUS
Range	EPA/CARB Range	333 miles	381 miles
Acceleration*	0-60 mph	2.53 seconds	2.27 seconds
Braking*	60-0 braking distance	37 meters	34 meters
Speed	Top speed	155 mph	155 mph
Charging*	Peak DC charging power capacity	200 kw	239 kw
* Preliminary results.

RESULTS FOR THIRD QUARTER 2022

Faraday Future reported an operating loss of approximately $81 million during the three months ended September 30, 2022, as compared to an operating loss of approximately $186 million for the three months ended September 30, 2021. Net loss decreased to approximately $103 million during the three months ended September 30, 2022, as compared to approximately $304 million net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2021.

During the three months ended September 30, 2022 spending was focused on completing the final stages of the ieFactory California manufacturing facility in Hanford, California and production and manufacturing tooling, and engineering, testing, certification and validation capabilities. Such activities are less costly relative to the activities completed in the three months ended September 30, 2021. The decrease in operating loss was also driven by reduced expenses resulting from deferred purchases of components and parts, and certain other cost reduction efforts, including a slowdown in program development relating to future electric vehicle models, and as a result of reduced accruals associated with certain Company litigation and loss on disposal of property and equipment relating to the abandonment of certain FF 91 program assets.

Total assets on September 30, 2022, were $541 million, which include $32 million of cash, compared to $907 million total assets on December 31, 2021. Total liabilities were approximately $253 million, versus approximately $340 million on December 31, 2021. Since inception, the Company has incurred cumulative losses from operations and negative cash flows from operating activities, and the Company reported an accumulated deficit of approximately $3.3 billion as of September 30, 2022. The Company expects to continue to generate significant operating losses for the foreseeable future as we continue to incur expenses before generating meaningful revenue.

Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
	Three Months Ended September 30,								Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022				2021				2022				2021
Operating expenses
Research and development	$	48,062			$	79,757			$	260,221			$	94,506
Sales and marketing		3,888				6,832				16,272				11,099
General and administrative		28,655				36,725				89,173				64,148
Loss on disposal of property and equipment		—				62,342				1,407				62,987
Total operating expenses		80,605				185,656				367,073				232,740
Loss from operations		(80,605	)			(185,656	)			(367,073	)			(232,740	)
Change in fair value measurements		(6,966	)			(22,747	)			(622	)			(60,394	)
Interest expense		(663	)			(296	)			(5,537	)			(26,550	)
Related party interest expense		(996	)			(1,597	)			(2,931	)			(15,765	)
Other (expense) income, net		(6,457	)			1,117				(14,307	)			(718	)
Loss on extinguishment or settlement of related party notes payable, notes payable and vendor payables in trust, net		(7,690	)			(94,727	)			(7,690	)			(96,036	)
Loss before income taxes		(103,377	)			(303,906	)			(398,160	)			(432,203	)
Income tax provision		—				—				(9	)			(3	)
Net loss	$	(103,377	)		$	(303,906	)		$	(398,169	)		$	(432,206	)
Per share information:
Net loss per Common Stock – Class A and Class B – basic and diluted	$	(0.31	)		$	(1.06	)		$	(1.15	)		$	(2.12	)
Weighted average Common shares outstanding – Class A and Class B – basic and diluted		330,878,677				287,951,929				346,575,508				203,686,758
Total comprehensive loss:
Net loss	$	(103,377	)		$	(303,906	)		$	(398,169	)		$	(432,206	)
Change in foreign currency translation adjustment		9,864				189				13,548				(487	)
Total comprehensive loss	$	(93,513	)		$	(303,717	)		$	(384,621	)		$	(432,693	)

Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
	September 30, 2022				December 31, 2021
Assets
Current assets
Cash	$	31,766			$	505,091
Restricted cash		2,162				25,386
Deposits		44,530				63,370
Other current assets		23,759				13,410
Total current assets		102,217				607,257
Property and equipment, net		411,657				293,135
Right of use assets		20,202				—
Other non-current assets		6,608				7,040
Total assets	$	540,684			$	907,432
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	$	65,239			$	37,773
Accrued payroll and benefits		31,124				21,752
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		46,104				68,760
Related party accrued interest		12,760				11,231
Accrued interest		541				8,263
Operating lease liabilities, current portion		2,487				—
Finance lease liabilities, current portion		1,807				—
Related party notes payable		12,253				13,655
Notes payable, current portion		5,008				132,372
Total current liabilities		177,323				293,806
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion		18,640				—
Finance lease liabilities, less current portion		6,917				7,570
Other liabilities, less current portion		3,531				3,720
Notes payable, less current portion		46,950				34,682
Total liabilities		253,361				339,778
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)
Stockholders’ equity
Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value; 750,000,000 shares authorized; 345,794,368 and 168,693,323 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively		31				17
Class B Common Stock, $0.0001 par value; 75,000,000 shares authorized; 64,000,588 and no shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively		6				—
Additional paid-in capital		3,603,368				3,482,226
Accumulated other comprehensive gain (loss)		6,603				(6,945	)
Accumulated deficit		(3,322,685	)			(2,907,644	)
Total stockholders’ equity		287,323				567,654
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	540,684			$	907,432

Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
(Unaudited)
	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2022				2021
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss	$	(398,169	)		$	(432,206	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities
Depreciation and amortization expense		15,323				4,268
Stock-based compensation		9,793				8,521
Vesting of restricted stock awards for employee bonus		—				14,620
Loss on disposal of property and equipment		1,407				62,987
Change in fair value measurement of related party notes payable and notes payable		622				60,394
Loss (gain) on foreign exchange		2,484				(1,823	)
Loss on write-off of vendor deposits, net and (gain) on write-off of accounts payable		2,992				(4,191	)
Non-cash interest expense		8,468				36,478
Loss on extinguishment or settlement of related party notes payable, notes payable and vendor payables in trust, net		7,690				96,036
Gain on forgiveness of vendor payables in trust		—				(1,731	)
Reserve for unrecoverable value added taxes		—				6,404
Other		324				—
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Deposits		13,364				(35,796	)
Other current and non-current assets		(16,011	)			(18,446	)
Accounts payable		27,467				(40,434	)
Accrued payroll and benefits		9,372				(6,889	)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		(24,628	)			12,763
Operating lease liabilities		(2,886	)			—
Accrued interest expense		(12,721	)			—
Transfers between vendor payables in trust and accounts payable		—				1,167
Net cash used in operating activities	$	(355,109	)		$	(237,878	)
Cash flows from investing activities
Payments for property and equipment	$	(112,099	)		$	(37,264	)
Net cash used in investing activities	$	(112,099	)		$	(37,264	)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from issuance of Class A Common Stock in the Business Combination	$	—			$	229,583
Proceeds from issuance of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the PIPE Financing		—				761,400
Transaction costs paid in connection with the Business Combination		—				(23,148	)
Transaction costs paid in connection with the PIPE Financing		—				(61,130	)
Proceeds from related party notes payable		—				200
Proceeds from notes payable, net of original issuance discount		40,050				172,031
Proceeds from exercise of warrants		1,728				—
Payments of notes payable		(87,258	)			—
Payments of related party notes payable		—				(38,217	)
Payments of notes payable, including liquidation premium		—				(48,210	)
Payments of notes payable issuance costs		(2,813	)			(3,355	)
Payments of vendor payables in trust		—				(27,722	)
Payments of finance lease obligations		(1,410	)			(2,691	)
Repurchase of common stock		(767	)			—
Transfers between vendor payables in trust and accounts payable		—				(1,167	)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		9,535				10,492
Payments of stock issuance costs		—				(1,071	)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities	$	(40,935	)		$	966,995
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and restricted cash		11,594				(2,536	)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and restricted cash	$	(496,549	)		$	689,317
Cash and restricted cash, beginning of period		530,477				1,827
Cash and restricted cash, end of period	$	33,928			$	691,144

Customers can preorder an FF 91 via the FF Intelligent App or through our website (English): https://www.ff.com/us/preorder/ or (Chinese): https://www.ff.com/cn/preorder/

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ABOUT FARADAY FUTURE

Faraday Future is a class-defining luxury electric vehicle company. The Company has pioneered numerous innovations relating to its products, technology, business model, and user ecosystem since its inception in 2014. Faraday Future aims to perpetually improve the way people move by creating a forward-thinking mobility ecosystem that integrates clean energy, AI, the Internet, and new usership models. Faraday Future’s first flagship product is the FF 91 Futurist.

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FAQ

What were the key financial results for FFIE in Q3 2022?

Faraday Future reported a net loss of $103 million and an operating loss of $81 million in Q3 2022.

What is the EPA range rating for the FF 91?

The FF 91 received an EPA rating of 381 miles, exceeding the previous estimate of 333 miles.

How much funding did FFIE secure recently?

Faraday Future secured a financing facility of up to $600 million, including an initial commitment of $52 million.

What is the current status of Faraday Future's production plans?

Faraday Future is developing revised budgets and production plans, aiming to announce FF 91 delivery timing after securing additional funding.